Researching Martin Sauer
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![]() | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 35 people with the Sauer surname? In that year Sauer was ranked number 3544 for popularity in the UK. |

The name Martin means "Warlike" and is of Latin origin.
Records of Martin Sauer on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Martin Sauer and the Sauer Genealogy
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Sauer Genealogy that will form part of your family tree. Although records vary from country to country, they are normally the most formal record of a person's relations. From the sources listed below it will be possible to locate a birth record and, from that record, a birth certificate may be obtainable which is likely to list the names of the parents, therefore taking you back another generation. A marriage certificate may also list the names of the respective fathers of the bride and groom which may then help you to find them earlier in life on a census record enabling you to fill out more detail in the Sauer family tree.
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Martin Sauer (rowing)
Martin Sauer (born 17 December 1982) is a German rowing coxswain. He is an eight-time world champion at the senior level and three-time underage world champion. He is a triple Olympian and a dual Olympic medallist. He has held his seat as coxswain of the German senior men's eight—the Deutschlandachter—constantly from 2009 to 2021 and steered that crew to their six world championship titles and also when at the 2017 World Rowing Cup II they set a world's best time of 5.18.68, still the standing world mark as of 2021.
He coxed the German crew which won the gold medal in the men's eight competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, he steered Germany's men's eight to their silver medal win. He has been selected in the German Olympic rowing squad for Tokyo 2021 and is expected to again cox the men's eight for his third Olympic appearance.
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